Combined commercial catalogue and portfolio and art of compiling issuable catalogues therefrom.



I. E. PALMER, DEOD.' T. 6: N. T. PALMER, ADMINISTRATORS. COMBINEDOOMMEROIAL CATALOGUE AND PORTFOLIO AND ART OF COM FILING ISSUABLE Y,OATALOGUES THEREFROM.

.APPLIOATION FILED MAR.15,1911. 1, 1 27,370. Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUTj TOWNSEND PALMER ANDNATHALIE '1. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ADMINISTBATORS OF SAIDISAAC E. PALMER, DECEASED.

COMBINED COMMERCIAL CATALOGUE AND PORTFOLIO AND ART OF COMPILINGISSUABLE CATALOGUES THEREFROM.

Application filed March 15, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented an Improvement in Combined CommercialCatalogues and Portfolios and Art of Compiling Issuable CataloguesTherefrom, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on thedrawings representing like parts.

This invention. relates to combined commercial catalogues andportfolios.

In order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood,I have disclosed a single embodiment of said catalogue in theaccompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of one leaf ofsuch catalogue embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of aportion thereof; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a modified formof my invention; Fig. 4 is a partial vertical section thereof; Figs. 5and 6 are views similar to Fig. l of still further modified forms of myinvention; Fig. 7 is a vertical section of that form of my inventionshown in Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view of one form ofcatalogue constructed in accordance with my invention.

Catalogues of manufacturing establishments are customarily gotten upyearly. Their preparation of necessity requires great care and muchtime. In order that new lines of goods may be illustrated or otherwiseadvertised the preparation of new material is required each year, butmuch advertised matter is of such a character that it is carried forwardfrom year to year. Also from time to time certain lines of goods arerevived after a lapse of a few years. This procedure requires thecutting up of catalogues of former years, the selection therefrom ofsuch leaves as may be required for the new catalogue and the preparationof additional or new matter.

A catalogue gotten up in the manner indicated is necessarily prepared ina comparatively short space of time extending at the most over but a fewweeks, and it is frequently found that had more time been Specificationof Letters Patent.

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available for the seelction of the materials to be advertised, a moreeffective collection might have been compiled.

In accordance with my invention I contemplate the preparation of acommercial catalogue wherein I may assemble from time to time throughoutthe year leaves from former catalogues, advertisements bearing upon newmaterial, or samples of goods that are to be advertised. In this manner,I can rearrange the material from time to time by changing the order inwhich they are to be presented in the catalogue when issued in finalform and make any desired additions thereto.

It is apparent that the commercial catalogue embodying my invention iscapable of use with many different lines of manufacture. One importantuse thereof is in connection with textile'industries and more especiallythose where cloth is woven and made up into various articles ofmanufacture. As a single instance of such line of manufacture, I maystate that I have found the commercial catalogue embodying my inventionto be peculiarly adapted for use in connection with textileestablishments manufacturing woven hammocks. In such establishmentsheretofore so far as I am aware, yearly catalogues have been issued inbook form, many of the leaves thereof displaying upon one face cuts ofgrades or types of hammocks and upon the opposite face descriptivematter pertaining thereto. As previously stated, these illustrationsmust yearly be changed to correspond to the new lines of goods that arebeing from time to time put upon the market.

By the use of a commercial catalogue which shall contain pockets orholders for segregated leaves of catalogues or segregated sheetscontaining new descrlptive or illustrative matter, or even samples ofmaterial, I may assemble the material for a prospective catalogue atleisure and in such a manner that it maybe readily inspected withoutdisarranging it and yet maybe shifted from time to :time until insatisfactory and final form.

Preferably the pockets or holders of the catalogue are of such naturethat one and Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

sometimes both faces of each of the segregated sheets or leaves may bedisplayed for examination. Obviously this result may be accomplished inmany different ways. Preferably, however, the catalogue is made up of alarge number of leaves which are themselves loosely or detachablyassembled. This may be accomplished by perforating at suitable pointsthe inner edges of these catalogue leaves and then passing pins, splitrings or other holding devices-therethrough in such manner that theleaves are temporarily held together but may be rearranged. If desired,however, the leaves of the catalogue may be themselves bound together inpermanent form and the material inserted in the pockets or holders fromtime to time may be shifted as desired. That is to say, instead ofshifting the catalogue leaves themselves, their contents may be shifted.Each leaf of the catalogue, whether bound in permanent form or looselyassembled, is suitably made up so as to receive a sheet or sample. Thismay be effected by making each catalogue leaf of two sheets, one or bothof which are transparent in part or in whole, so that one or both facesof the advertising matter may be displayed when positioned therebetween.The two sheets making up a single catalogue leaf are suitably separatedalong one edge for the insertion of the advertising matter,-

ings, Figs. 1 and 2 represent a single leaf of a commercial catalogueembodying my invention. 7 In this form thereof, each leaf is made up oftwo skeleton sheets of material 1, 2 suitably secured together along theedges 3, 4, 5, and separated along the edge 6. Underlying oroverlyingthe opening in each skeleton sheet 1,2 .is a transparent sheet ofmaterial 77 of celluloid or the like suitably secured to said sheets.

1, 2 in such manner as to leave a space 8 therebetween for the insertionof the desired advertising material. It is evident that the said sheets1, 2 may be separated along any desired edge. Instead of making sheetsof skeleton form and inserting-a panel of transparent material, it isevident that the entire sheets 1, 2 may be made of transparent material.It is evident that'in employing that form of my invention shown in Fig.1, I may inspect both faces of an advertising leaf inserted thereinto.

In that form of my invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4, each leaf of thecatalogue is made up of a shect'9, the upper and lower edges 10 whereofare folded back onto the face of the sheet. In this manner I provide attop and bottom of the catalogue leaf a guiding way between which theadvertising material may be slipped. To the said folded back edges 10 Ipreferably attach a transparent panel 11 of some suitable material,such. as celluloid, through which one face of the advertising matter maybe inspected. In this form of my invention, the opposite face of theadvertis-' ing matter is not capable of inspection without removal fromthe catalogue leaf. In certain forms of my invention, the transparentpanel 11 may be omitted and the advertising sheet be held merely by theturned back edges 10, which themselves may be held in folded positionsby longitudinal strips 12, 12. The inner of these strips 12 ispreferably formed by turning the inner edge of the sheet in such mannerthat the turned upper and lower edges may be secured thereto. The outerstrip 12 is, however, preferably a separate strip of suitable materialsecured to the upper and lower turned edges.

Instead of employing celluloid or some other transparent material as apanel through which the advertising matter is to be inspected, I mayprovide a panel of gauze or open mesh-textile fabric, such as indicatedat 13 in Fig. 5. The meshes of such woven material maybe so large thatthe advertising matter or specimen may be critically examined. It isevident that if a sampleof the woven material be held in this manner inthe catalogue leaf, it may be more carefully examined as to texture,etc., through the open meshes than through transparent material. Itis'obvious that this gauze or other paneFmay beaiip'lied to thecatalogue leaf'in the manner shown in Fig. 2, or in the manner shown inFig. 4.

If desired, certain leaves of the catalogue may be provided with twopanels as .indicated in Fig. 2,'one of which may be of transparentmaterial such as celluloid or the like, and the other of which may begauze or other open mesh fabric permitting critical examination of. thetexture of. the

single catalogue leaf may be all of some suitable transparent material,or all of a suitable gauze like material, or any combination thereof.

It is obvious that in the use of my invention, I may from time to timeapply to each catalogue leaf material pertaining to the prospectivecommercial catalogue that is issued in book form. Having compiled andre-arranged the material as desired, .1 may then make up therefrom thecatalogue that is to be issued to the trade, this being of the usualnature, as previously described. That is to say, I may use the compiledcommercial catalogue as a sample from which the permanent and issuablecatalogue is to be made up. According to other uses of my invention,however, the material may be retained in the form here indicated forexamination in the manufacturing establishment from time to time.

In Fig. 8, I have represented a catalogue constructed in accordance withmy invention, wherein the catalogue envelops are indicated at 19positioned between covers 20, 20 and temporarily held together bysuitable binding means 21 passing through the inner edges of theenvelops and securing them in book form.

Having thus described one form of my invention and the manner of usethereof, I declare that what I claim is 1. A revisable commercialcatalogue consisting of a series of envelop units each having one orboth faces provided with a contents-inspection area and open along atleast one edge, together with loose leaf binding means engaging theinner edges of said envelops and securing them in book form, therebypermitting re-arrangement of and additions to said catalogue.

2. A revisable commercial catalogue consisting of a series of envelopunits each having one or both faces provided with a contents-displayopening, and open along at least one edge, the inner edge of eachenvelop being perforated for the reception of temporary binding means.

3. A revisable, commercial catalogue comprising a series of envelopunits, each having one or both faces provided with a contents-inspectionarea having open mesh ma- ,terial permitting inspection of the envelopcontents.

4. A revisable, commercial catalogue consisting of a series of envelopunits, each having one or both faces provided with a contents-inspectionarea having open mesh material permitting inspection of the envelopcontents, with loose leaf binding means engaging the edges of saidenvelops and securing them together in book form, thereby permittingrearrangement of and addition to said catalogue.

In testimony whereof, I have Signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC E. PALMER. lVitnesses:

FRED. E. FOWLER, CHAS. M. SAUEB.

